PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attack
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Unrealistic , counter-productive levels of anxiety: tapping into autonomic fight flight response to danger, turning it on unnecessarily, or too much, strong negative emotions, physical tension, anticipation of danger, realistic thinking unaffected. Many people have more than one anxiety disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder (gad: constantly worried about stuff, running autonomic nervous system too much: physical toll. Intrusion of fight flight in a situation that doesn"t warrant it. Desperate need to get away: panic disorder: regular and frequent panic attacks, individuals have a hard time going out in the world because they are worried about having more panic attacks. Phobias: extreme unprecedented fear concentrated in certain areas/ targets, agoraphobia: fear of being out in open places. Usually phobias have some element of historical danger. Survival value: social phobia: extreme version of spotlight effect. Giving public speeches, going out with friends, going to work, is really hard: specific phobia. Injury types, fear of seeing blood (fainting response)
